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all the members, an open air meeting was held on the bridge, 

 when the President delivered a short introductory address, and 

 then the Secretary read the valuable " Catalogue of the Recent 

 Foraminifera of Northumberland and Durham, by Henry B. Brady, 

 F.L.S., F.Gr.S.," which has since been published in our Transac- 

 tions, Among the less common plants observed during the day's 

 walk, were Ranunculus floribundus, Bab., the large white blos- 

 soms of which covered a pond near the Plessey Station, and 

 Ranunculus auricomus, L., which was growing on the banks of 

 the Blyth. In a quarry pond, between Plessey and Blagdon, I 

 met with Daphnia magna, Straus, (D. SchcefFeri, Baird,) in great 

 abundance. This is an entomostracan which has only as yet 

 been observed in two other habitats in our district. Mr. Bold, 

 who was one of our number, found the ground between Stan- 

 nington Bridge and the "Jolly Anglers" very promising for 

 insects, and he has favoured me with the following notes on the 

 captures. The "brisk use of the sweeping net showed the her- 

 bage to be alive with Coleoptera ; of which the most abundant 

 were — Corymbites Quercus, Phyllobius viridicollis, Erirhinus acri- 

 dulus, Tropiphorus mercurjialis, Sitones sulcifrons, Galeruca tenella, 

 Crepidodera rufipes, and Anthobium minutum. 



"Amongst the rarer species may be mentioned the occurrence 

 of — Encephalus complicans, Homalota brnnnea, Eusphalerum Pri- 

 mula, Anthobium Sorbi, Agathidium ovalis, Telephorus pallidas, 

 Barynotus mcerens, Sitones humeralis, Hypera variabilis, Thyamis 

 Anchusa, Psylliodes atricilla, and Rhizophagus cribratus. 



" Several obscurities, which I have not yet had time to work 

 out, are amongst my captures. Of these the only beetle known 

 to me as new to our local Fauna, is Paramecosoma melanocephala, 

 Herbst., = bicolor, Curtis, British Entomology, Plate DCYI. 



"The only bees noticed were Bombus lucorum and mtmorum: 

 both very sparingly. Female wasps were however plentiful. 



" Several species of Hemiptera were taken, but the only ones 

 determined are — Liocoris bipunctatus, Rhyparacromus sylvestris, 

 and Anthocoris nemorum. There appeared to be a remarkable 

 scarcity of the larger Lepidoptera ; the small white \_Pontia 

 Rapes], and the beautiful orange tip \_Anthocharis Cardamines~], 



